Gemini XIII

248.

AE 4, 0.85g (1h). Obv: D N ZIN (Z retrograde)

- ...AG Helmeted, diademed bust right. Rx: Z on

right, E facing upward on left, Zeno standing facing,

cloak hanging behind him, holding long cross and

cross on globe, exergue with possible mintmark is

off flan. RIC 955 or 956 (R2). VF

$500

Ex CNG E225, 13 January 2010, lot 404

RIC assigns this type to Nicomedia with NIC in

exergue, and Cyzicus without mintmark

249.

Leo I with Verina.

457-474 AD. AE 4, 0.96g

(1h). Constantinople. Obv: [D] N [L] - EO Pearl-

diademed, draped, cuirassed bust of Leo right, seen

from front. Rx: b - E across field, Verina standing

facing holding cross on globe and transverse scepter,

without mintmark. RIC 714 (C2). VF

$300

Ex CNG E243, 27 October 2010, lot 525

Victory Issue with Mint Name

ALEXAOB=Alexandria

250.

Justinian I.

527-565 AD. Solidus, 4.35g (6h).

Alexandria, c. 535-537 AD. Obv: D N IVSTINI

- ANVS PP AVG Helmeted bust of Justinian

three-quarter facing front in military dress holding

spear over shoulder and shield. Rx: VICTORI - A

AVGGG AAngel standing facing, holding long

cross and globus cruciger; to right, star; in exergue,

ALEXAOB. Lanz/Bernardi 148, 4 January 2010, lot

167 (same dies). Lanz 151, 30 June 2011, lot 943

(same dies). This type was unknown until recently

so is not in any of the major references. This is one

of the few gold coins of the entire Byzantine series

that has the name of the mint instead of CONOB

written in the exergue, to announce Justinian’s

reconquest of that city from the Vandals. Only six

coins of this type from a single find exist. This is

probably the finest known.

$45,000

Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 528

The Vandals, after capturing France and Spain,

invaded and conquered North Africa in 429 AD.

Justinian completed his reconquest of the province

from the Vandals in 535 AD, though minor mopping

up operations against the Moors lasted until 548

AD. It is recorded that the reconquest cost 100,000

pounds of gold. This extraordinary solidus naming

Alexandria in the exergue tells the world that the

Romans had retaken Alexandria, thus Egypt and

North Africa

251.

120 Nummi or quarter silliqua, 0.36g (7h). Ravenna.

Obv: D N IVSTINI - ANVS PP Pearl-diademed,

draped, cuirassed bust right, with four pellets on

shoulder. Rx: Large Christogram within wreath. DO

341. Sear 322. EF

$400

Ex VAuction 238, 10 December 2009, lot 91, giving

provenance “From the Chris Connell Collection”

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